Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-12-15
TIE COMING HOG.
How 10 Secure More Muscle nnd Less Fat
la Pork Making.

| u EOrk MukiHss
Tho truth is. with the ridiculc a.!
thrown In. the old rail-spittcr and tho
unsightly hog of the South really fur
nish moro and better food for the hui
man family than the popular carly
maturity hog which fills the cyc OF
fancy with so much delight, and brings
down tho scales with heavy weight.
Less mcrccnary spirit for The present,
and moro looking to tho future, viii
enlarge the foundations of tho pork
business. II is queer that tho whole
world should have gone agog in tho
rearing of swine. There has been II
woful lack OF thought. How breed
crs have strivcn, and pushed. and
fairly ground up common sense in orr
der to stuff their hogs and TO infusc
the stulrcd.propcnsiiy- interchangeable
ciplc into them!
My notion is right the oppositc-l
want to stuff il out of them. The COM
ing hog must be reared in the field; it
should he born there. The green
grass and the "bubbling brook" should
furnish the food and drink for its
mother A sty on ground always dry
should be its bcA After the pigs are
two or three days oil. the owner may
try his skill IN supplcmcnting the MAJ
ural food of tho field, beginning with
litter, and gradually increasing. In
all eases the food should be of u succu-
lent nature. and never in excess OF the
appetite. and never so much but that
The mother will Craze and make con-
siderable portion of her food Of grass.
| Whenever there can not be Il full sup.
ply of grass suited to the purpose. 9TH
or green food must be supplied. This
can easily be had in the form of green
corn or sorghum stalks. Foods want
Ing in fat but rich in flcsh-forming ma
tcral must be constantly given. My
hogs know not corn. It's The last fool
to be given swine while growing with
lean meat in view. Rye ground entire
and lghtcncd with more bran ami
middlings. is grand fool for pigs
and the clear rye entire is excellent TO
finish on porkcrs.
Corn may be used for the same pur-
pose. but the time of feeding should be
limited. The pork will be more dcsir-
able If the hog, or the pig. and cspc-
cialy the last, is not fed any corn moro
than six weeks. Old hogs may be fc'l,
if Of large frames. for two months, but
no. longer.
The coming hog must be n grazing.
hog. 1t must seek its food; for in this
way il will add TO itself another
cardinal and necessary virtue. cXer.
else. Without exercise there W i'll never
be full development of muscle. Tho
pig pen must be only necessity OF
winter and then il should bc closed.
but sunny door 10 the south should
ever invite its occupants 10 go out and
stir about. The breeder must never
lose sight of tho philosophy of the
thing. TO this end tho pigs for the
coming hog should not be born until
the weather Is favorable for starting
out at once on lifc's journey. Let tho
pigs of the finished breeds cudllc in
the cosy nest. get the thumps. die, or
live TO be coddlcd all their days. but
calculate that the other sort shall fol-
low nature, and their mothers pluck
ing the grass and smiling the whole
some breath of the earth. With
constant and careful attention to all
the details of promoting viSor and en-
crcisc. and the development OF muscle
by the selection of proper FOOLS. ]
have no doubt but that all breeds of
hogs may be changed, so that they will
fit the public wants better by sup
plying more lean meat There are
doubtless many who have such COM
rSaccncy over their own. that they arc
now perfectly content. Very we'll,
slav so; nevertheless there must be
more lean meat produced in hogs, or
the consumption of their products will
grow less. d. not build on conccit.
but let swine breeders do their best to
fit the animals they rear for the best
demand. II they do not, the coming
hog will be the accepted heir and win
the laurcls.
These ideas have been practically
carried out, and the pork made after
this teaching has sold for n dollar per
hundred over the highest market
price. The adaptation of foods and
the care Of animals to make more
wholcs ONE meats, are interesting and
profitable subjects for all classes of
farmers, and especially for. pork
makers. -E d. Curtis, in Country
GcDfI,Djnu